[SunLakesJeff]

Maybe they will all migrate down to Pioneer Square and sleep under the highway now

Apparently, they are re-starting the Alaskan Way Tunnel in November. Recall that the Super Awesome Tunneling Machine got stuck digging through glacial tailings (Seattle isn't built upon sand) last year.

Frankly, if the Viaduct pilings are still there, that's Seattle's safest Real Estate.

[USNBandit]

One of the big stoppages in the digging was when they hit something they couldn’t bore through. Turned out to be a to be a metal sleeve.......from a vertical drilling attempt......that was used to collect soil samples.......for the Alaskan Way project.